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Suffolk Trinity
County Suffolk   District Council Ipswich Borough Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Ipswich  Town/Village* Ipswich 
Road A1156 Felixstowe Road 
Precise Location At entrance to Suffolk Showground at Trinity Park 
OS Grid Ref 208418  Postcode IP10 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Road or Wayside  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Harriet Mead  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

  

Design & Constrn period

  

Date of installing

 2004 

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Statue of horse bull and sheep

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Suffolk punch  Recycled steel  H. 2.30 L. 2.50 metres W. 60 cms 
Red powl cattle  Recycled steel  H. 1.30 L. 2.60 metres W. 70 cms. 
Sheep  Recycled steel covered in wire netting  H. 1 L. 1.60 metres W. 50 cms. 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Suffolk Agricultural Association 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions  

Description (physical)

 The Suffolk Trinity - Suffolk punch red powl cattle and Suffolk sheep - is set on a purpose built brick and flint plinth on the right of the entrance to Trinity Park. 

Description (iconographical)

 The choice of three animals -Suffolk punch red powl cattle and Suffolk sheep - was suggested by the name of Trinity Park but also celebrates the main feature of the original Suffolk show. The Suffolk Agricultural Association was founded in 1831 and held its first show at Wickham Market in 1832 The show moved to its present permanent site at Trinity Park to the east of Ipswich in 1960 

Photographs

 Date taken:  13/8/2007
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  13/8/2007

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 www.suffolkshow.co.uk/about_history.ht (accessed 18/08/07) 

Database

 Date entered:  18/8/2007

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke